Cognizant Software Developer interview questions

nice , very friendly interview . in this interview some technical questions and some communication questions.

Application was immediately followed by a technical interview. The technical interview was *awkward*. First I was asked to have my camera on, without reciprocation from the interviewer, then I was asked to produce ID. All very suspicious. I insisted on the interviewer showing their face (as a female, I feel this is important!) and I only agreed to show my ID if I could cover up certain parts. This was allowed and we proceded. The first section was basically a round of trivia, there were a list of questions that were asked and each of my answers were recorded by the interviewer typing them out (very tedious). The second section was a coding section, I was asked to create a specific React component, but was given no IDE or set-up to do so (no codePen, no HackerRank, nothing...) I ended up opening a VS code and coding from there. I was then asked to "run" my code, which is impossible without setting up a full React app. The interviewer had no idea what was going on or no real directions. After a few awkward pauses, I offered to open up an existing project and produce and render the component there. To wrap up, I was given the opportunity to ask questions, but the answers were either "I don't know" or "yes, it's great"